UN: both sides committed abuses in Ivory Coast

A United Nations investigation report says numerous human rights abuses and crimes against humanity occurred in Ivory Coast following its contested presidential election last year.

A three member team sent by the U.N. Human Rights Council to investigate crimes says both forces supporting former president Laurent Gbagbo and his successor Alassane Ouattara were guilty of abuses.

While the investigation did not attempt to come up with a definitive death toll, it said at least 3,000 people had been killed during the conflict, supporting a number previously reported by Ouattara's government.

Thousands of people remain in camps, and abuses continue to be carried out by forces loyal to Ouattara, but the investigation expressed confidence that the government was acting to bring perpetrators to justice.